The new McCarthyism and what to do about it

Jim Hightower's Lowdown

English - September 13, 2023 16:00 - ★★★★★ - 303 ratings
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Little Kevin McCarthy has again been cowed by his House Caucus of Rabid Hyenas, this time bowing to their squeals to investigate whether there's anything to investigate in Joe Biden's past. In turn, a Democratic lawmaker is shoving McCarthy's wimpyness up his nose by demanding an investigation into Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's grossly corrupt money deals with the royal ruling thugs of Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, millions of low-income Americans are denied health care, the planet is exploding with climate change, inequality is raging as Congress pampers the super rich, the "Supreme Court" has become a very bad partisan parody of justice... and most Americans wonder whatever happened to Woody Guthrie's upbeat, democratic ideal of “This Land Is Your Land.”

But don't wring your hands.